Volume 5 Chapter 117 - Filios New City (1/2)

Strictly speaking, the Drake Duchy was a duchy and didn’t have a capital.

But Filios City where the Duke Manor was located was naturally considered the political and economic center of the Drake Duchy.

The Drake Duchy wasn’t considered big, so Filios City naturally wasn’t that big either.

Not to compare to the Lampuri Kingdom’s Anvilmar City, even when compared to how small Banta City was before, it could only be considered a small city that could be found anywhere on the Sines Continent.

So when Marquis Southgate and Seymore saw the city walls from afar, they couldn’t help looking disappointed.

They had seen many things in the Drake Duchy that had opened their eyes along the way, so they were filled with anticipation towards Filios City that was considered the most developed city in the Drake Duchy. But when they saw it with their own eyes, they were just too disappointed.

However, the Magic Sedan they were in didn’t head to the city walls. It clearly went around it, meaning to bypass this city.

Seymour was surprised as he asked the driver of the Magic Sedan they hired, “Hey, where are you taking us?”

The driver looked at him in the rear view mirror before replying with a smile, “This customer, didn’t you come to buy a Magic Sedan? You can’t buy it in the old city district, the Frestech Chamber of Commerce has set up their shop in the new city district, so I’m bring you there.”

“New city district?” Seymour muttered before looking at Marquis Southgate.

Marquis Southgate gave a nod for him to wait patiently.

Seymour didn’t keep asking and saw back down in his seat.

Feeling the comfort from the seating under him, Seymour couldn’t help letting out a satisfied moan.

If it was said that he was completely shocked by the speed of the Magic Sedan when he saw it pass by him for the first time in the town, now that he had experienced this Magic Sedan, his heart was filled with even more praise for it.

Not to mention how it was countless times faster than the traditional horse carriages, just based on how comfortable it was to sit in it, the Magic Sedan had already far surpassed horse carriages.

He had ridden in luxurious horse carriages that were better than the ones the duke’s family rode in the Marlow Empire. Although the materials used for the horse carriage were the best, even having the softest wool blankets, when it came to comfort, it was far surpassed by this Magic Sedan.

Of course, this Magic Sedan making him feel as comfortable as sitting on the sofa in his home was mostly because of the exceptionally smooth road under him.

This was Seymour’s first time seeing such a smooth road and as the Magic Sedan drove across it, he didn’t feel a single bump.

Compared to when they came from the Marlow Empire over those bumpy stone roads, it was completely different. On this trip, Seymour and Marquis Southgate slept quite a bit from the comfort of the ride.

After having experienced this journey personally, Seymour secretly made a decision.

He would definitely buy a Magic Sedan and accordingly, he would also make several of these roads once he went back to the Marlow Empire.

Otherwise, even if he had the Magic Sedan, it wouldn’t be as smooth driving over those crushed stone roads.

The Magic Sedan with the two of them maintained a speed of around fifty kilometers an hour, quickly bypassing the city walls around the old city district.

Marquis Southgate and Seymour looked out the glass and they couldn’t help taking a deep breath.

In front of them, there were buildings that they couldn’t see the end of.

These buildings were similar to the traditional wooden buildings of the Sines Continent, these were stone buildings that were over ten meters tall.

In the most conspicuous place, there were three buildings that reached into the sky, looking very magnificent.

Between these buildings, there were long, wide, and smooth roads paved, neatly diving this giant new city district into neat regions.

Along the sides of the roads, there were iron poles that stood at fixed distance and there were artistic Magic Lamps hanging at the peak of every iron pole.

They had seen these Magic Lamps before, they should be from the Frestech Chamber of Commerce.

Seymour curiously asked the driver and learned that these so-called “street lamps” would light up each night and light the roads.